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A Mistaken Meeting on the Way Back Home
I look at the strange vial. It almost seems to twitch. I would say that isn’t really my area of expertise, but that isn’t strictly the...
J. Joseph
Nov 1, 20248 min read
Pillow-Talk About Some Extrajudicial Killing
This place may be very securely bunkered up, but breaking into places like that is easy if one knows what they’re doing. That’s like the...
J. Joseph
Oct 25, 20248 min read
Gregory Attends a Party with his Fellow Classmates
As we silently sit around finishing our Strategies of Conflict midterm exam. I place my pen down, flip over my test, and crack my neck....
J. Joseph
Oct 18, 20249 min read
Sister Hilan's First Encounter with Hostile Undead
After finishing their meal, once again Sister Hilan aids in rowing their boat to shore. Denlo takes the boat to hide it among the rocks,...
J. Joseph
Oct 11, 20248 min read
A Complicated Discussion over Drinks with Coworkers
Phil and Mary take me out for drinks. An initiation ritual, according to Mary, for my first day in the office. It’s like they forget that...
J. Joseph
Oct 4, 20248 min read
Returning after the Portus Valentium Attack
Leaning on her new cane for support, Project Manager Eliza Clark limps her way into her boss’s office. The office of the Head of External...
J. Joseph
Sep 27, 20248 min read
Magister Sobol Teaching Mystical Theory 101
While I wait for class to start and the students to file in, I set up the slides. Mystical Theory 101. I got the assignment for that as...
J. Joseph
Sep 20, 20248 min read
Renalt Begins a Composition while Bathing
After generously gifting to his old traveling companion both his understanding of magic and his new set of clothing, Renalt returned to...
J. Joseph
Sep 13, 20248 min read
The Box of Emptiness and Its Abrasive Owner
As I get punched in the face for the first time tonight, I can’t help but relax. Both as a survival mechanism, it’s important to flow...
J. Joseph
Aug 30, 20248 min read
An Attack on the Hadrian-Astro Peace Talks
As ASF Chief Marietta Martelli steps out from the ASFS Scudo della Divisa onto the dock, she can’t help but wonder why they are here. The...
J. Joseph
Aug 23, 20249 min read
Introducing Herself to the New Freshmen Advisees
“But the meeting, it went well?” Will asks me. As I walk, cutting a path through the winds and feeling the eyes of the I look out at the...
J. Joseph
Aug 16, 20249 min read
Thinking about Questions Den's Avoided Asking Himself
Denlo lies on the deck, waiting as everyone else finishes ferrying themselves across the water. It has been a rough day. He lies on the...
J. Joseph
Aug 9, 20248 min read
Intentionally Utilizing the Powerlessness
My life’s gotten a little more interesting, I must admit. Fortunately, with those minor changes, I’ve gotten better. More in control. Not...
J. Joseph
Aug 2, 20249 min read
A Secret Meeting Within Hadrian Systems' External Affairs Division
“Fuck,” I mutter to myself as I make my way through the deeply unpleasant halls of External Affairs. Hadrian Systems is known for a lot...
J. Joseph
Jul 26, 20248 min read
Ike's Introduction to the Principle Mysticists Convention
I could be doing something productive. Or useful. But instead I’m here. I mean, Ali asked, and she’s right. People tend to like me more....
J. Joseph
Jul 19, 20248 min read
Returning with Loot to the Ekzokia to Rest
Felazo joins Renalt in examining the puddles. He was right to be curious, the alchemist thinks as he crouches down beside the strange,...
J. Joseph
Jul 12, 20248 min read
Learning to Bring Harmony to the Dissonance
I took next week off to figure out control. I’d gotten somewhat used to the constant hum of everything electric and the strange...
J. Joseph
Jul 5, 20248 min read
The Portus Ortuum Incident
As his ship slid elegantly into one of the docks of the Freeport, Portus Ortuum, Provost Marshal Commodore Alexander Li watched every...
J. Joseph
Jun 28, 20249 min read
The Drives to and from the Airport
“Are you getting a move on or what?” I ask Ali as she’s slowly making her way through the apartment. “I’m moving, I’m moving. Why you’re...
J. Joseph
Jun 21, 20248 min read
Clearing the Basement Laboratory
“One final door,” Sister Hilan reminds the others, shaking her head at Renalt’s comment and ignoring the musician carefully sliding...
J. Joseph
Jun 14, 20248 min read
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